Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Dead Man's Bones Conjure NCBD


Tracked a copy of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields' 2009 Dead Man's Bones last night. Super excited. This is one of those weird, one-off records from the 00s that I adore but often forget about. With all the bands currently pulling their music from Streaming, I've been thinking a lot about musical sustainability. I've always preferred physical media, but have come to rely on streaming a lot over the past decade. I think a healthy mix of the two is the best way to navigate the world in 2025; however, the idea that some music could disappear from my life scares me terribly. This is one of those albums I need to make sure I always have access to, even if I don't access it a lot. 

NCBD:

Huge pull this week. Damn! Let's get into it:


We're inching closer to the Quintesson War, and for those who don't see Void Rivals as a monthly Transformers book, you're wrong. 


On the fence with this one-shot from Image. Here's the solicitation from League of Comic Geeks: 

"A nightmarish terror once again haunts the shadowy woods of a small town community. Three young friends have to confront their own childhood fears, undead creatures that stalk the living, an enigmatic tree that seemingly collects souls, and an ancient forest entity that seeks to reclaim these lands as its own. It's Tom Sawyer meets Pan's Labyrinth meets It in this coming-of-age tale of redemption and courage in the face of pure evil."

Sounds fantastic, but it's already a tall week in the duckets column. We'll see.


I love Zander Cannon's Sleep so much that it's become one of my most anticipated reads every month. 


Jeff Lemire's Minor Arcana continues to be one of the books I most look forward to each month. Not Horror, but more of a 'supernatural drama,' if you will. The idea of a real psychic taking over her fake psychic mother's psychic shop in a small, podunk town really resonates. Maybe it's the dabs of Seaside Horror that I pick up in this one, but it just feels so mysterious. Love it so much. 


It's awesome to see this final iteration of Greg Rucka and Michael Lark's Lazarus come out on the nose every month. I've been buying these but not reading them, as I still have not begun my reread of the previous two series. That's coming soon, though!


JG Jones and Phil Bram's delightfully twisted Dust Bowl horror, Dust to Dust, returns. I'll admit that I'm going to require a re-read to move forward, but I look forward to revisiting this one. A very nuanced tale of Americana Horror that would make a great "double feature" with Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft's Severed.


While picking up issue 1 was something of a lark, so far, I'm enjoying this. Even though the importance of these "Death of" books is all self-invented and transient. Still, it's been a while since I read anything with the Surfer, so this five-issue mini-series is a nice dalliance with a character I've always admired from afar. 


The final issue of this Black Metal piss-take. I've really enjoyed Dark Regards. 


Watch:

Monday night I hit the local theatre for a re-release of 2013's The Conjuring. This is a flick I really liked when it came out, but that all the spin-offs and sequels had convinced me was no longer worth my time. My disdain for the handling of the property crept backward, and when I saw it would be on the big screen again, like I saw it the first time, I figured, let's give it a day in court, shall we?


Glad I did. James Wan's original The Conjuring 100% holds up as one of the best haunted house flicks of the modern era. Yes, the spin-offs and franchising has dragged the overall name down, but this first film... It's almost breathtaking at times with the sequences of sustained fear peppered throughout. 

Here's short IG video I did to sum up how I felt directly after leaving the theatre Monday night.

Playlist:

Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Ruelle - Emerge
Woodkid - Woodkid for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
How To Destroy Angels - Eponymous EP
Slipknot - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Dead Man's Bones - Eponymous
PLaNETS - THEDARKWOODS
Deadguy - Near-Death Travel Services
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Ghostbath - Moonlover
The Body - All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood

Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.


• Three of Cups
• VI: The Lovers
• XVII: The Star

Love brings abundance and a positive turning point. Oh boy. This may be directly related to something in Black Gloves and Broken Hearts. I can't say anymore at this point, but I may have to spend part of my writing time this afternoon addressing this. 
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